All_Pro_Bills

They're really reaching. And I would think Democrats should stay on message and be blaming global warming for price increases. And Reich, the great economist is an idiot. He mentions big oil donors and electricity costs. Oil and electricity generation have nothing in common. From the US EIA: Petroleum was the source of about 0.4% of U.S. electricity generation in 2023. Residual fuel oil and petroleum coke are used in steam turbines. Distillate—or diesel—fuel oil is used in internal-combustion engines such as diesel-engine generators. Residual fuel oil and distillates can also be burned in steam turbines and gas turbines. This was from 2023. Its certain that number hasn't gone higher since. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us.php

Its 100% certainty that if Trump could have been implicated in a crime that Garland's DOJ would have released the Epstein "list" before the 2024 election. Unless doing so would have taken down allies of the party. That would have been much simpler and effective than all those legal interpretations they manufactured to charge and try Trump before the 2024 election. None of those cases were effective in influencing the election in favor of Harris. I'm not suggesting he's innocent or guilty but until some real evidence is revealed or produced its all just speculation. That said, I'm still baffled it took until now to interview Maxwell. And the judge, Robin Rosenberg, that ruled against Trump’s request to unseal the 2005 — 2007 Florida Epstein grand jury transcripts is married to Michael McCauliffe. A former Palm Beach County State’s Attorney involved in the negotiation of the 2008 “sweetheart” plea deal that allowed Epstein significant freedoms and little to no consequences. Its a small world after all! What might this couple know about Epstein?

Don't worry, the British government is focused on suppressing anti-illegal immigration protests and through the Online Safety Act censoring media reports, mostly social media as MSM self-censors, to erase any evidence of their existence. Saving democracy.

Your cult is much more virtuous than what you charge others with here. You believe its better to kill them before they're born and rationalize that practice as "protecting" children from pedophiles. And demand the taxpayers foot the bill to boot!

But you're just dumb enough to believe preposterous things such as Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation because 51 former IC member "concluded" it was not genuine.

Libs claiming to be experts at market economics! Priceless.

Maybe they should close the border, lock down the country for 6 months, mandate the measles vaccine, and send all the Mennonites to isolation camps while arresting anyone that resists? It all worked so great in 2020 why not try it again?

First, you dodge my questions. I don't care if Republicans, or Democrats for that matter, won't do it. WIll my recommendations work or not? Second, I'm not a Republican. Third, there are already such work programs in place. And I'm confused. One one hand I'm hearing complaints about abusing illegals, aka deportation, and on the other advocating for employers to exploit illegals by paying below market wages to keep American industries running with illegals at below market wages. Which should we do? You're critiquing policy. I really don't care what politicians will or won't do. Their unwillingness to do something doesn't invalid my options. I care about what will or won't work. Will what I say work or not? Yes or No?

So your theory is without illegal immigration basic industries can't function? Maybe consider the concept of using legal immigrants? Or be willing to pay Americans and legal immigrants a living wage rather than low-ball wages paid to exploited illegals. Options available here.

OP's question asked and answered.. More data here https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/cattle-beef/statistics-information

Now I'm not a fortune teller or in possession of powers of clairvoyance about predicting the future like you but I'm willing to wager anything anyone proposes that America is still the same elected democracy with a national election on the first Tuesday of November in 2028. The idea populists want autocracy is absurd and quite simply progressive scare tactics repeated out of a desperation to regain power.

I made an amazing discovery that I need to share. The President, Vice President, every member of Congress, every Governor, members of State legislators, and local government represntatives were all elected by citizen voters. How is this an autocracy? What it is , is an elected representative government enacting policy you don't like. Plain and simple. Much like others didn't like policy like open borders 2021 thru 2024. That's called democracy.

I expect we're in agreement. I think from afar we sometimes assume these countries actions reflect a homogeneous view of their politics and society. But Isreal, and even Iran, much like America has views across the political and social spectrum. It's just an unfortunate case of extremists seeming to be calling the shots everywhere. The result is what we're witnessing.

As of tonight he's still on. Tonight's special guest, Senator Adam Schiff. I wonder who they'll be taking about?

Its not a one-sided feeling. Because ultra-orthodox Jewish "settlers" have been displacing and exterminating West Bank Palestinians and stealing their land for decades with the consent of the Israeli government and a series US administration conveniently looking the other way.

Maxwell has expressed an interest in testifying before Congress about the Epstein operation. There should be a lot of pressure on the majority to take her up on the offer. Hopefully, she won't be overcome with depression and commit suicide in the next couple weeks. I've read elsewhere, and it makes logical sense given his affinity for Israel, that Trump's motivation and about-face here are driven by a desire not to protect elites as the opposition charges, but rather to avoid revealing a decades long Mossad blackmail and spy operation. Operating on American soil right under the noses of America's elected government and American intelligence. And no America administration did anything to stop it even though it was well known in the IC. That's the scandal. Our elected government and the intelligence community just watched and let a foreign government conduct a huge intelligence gathering and blackmail operation and did nothing to stop it, arrest the perpetrators, and impose consequences on the Israeli government. Did nothing or even worse, aided and abetted.

All we can say for sure is Garland and the DOJ under Biden had the same evidence, if not more as we don't know what might be been destroyed, as that available to the Bondi DOJ under Trump. Neither has been forthcoming on the topic. And for those proposing Trump's name is prominently displayed on "the list", forget that thought. Because if he was on it there's a 100% certainty it would have been leaked to the Times or Post before the 2024 election. It would have been a sure thing for the Democrats to eliminate Trump without the need to manufacture or create any political or criminal mythology. An insightful observation noted a while back by @leh-nerd skin-erd was that "government will seek to avoid transparency at all costs". That standard operating procedure looks to be at work here too. If you subscribe to this avoiding transparency doctrine you'll be able to manage your expectations for government much more effectively. Expect nothing and get nothing.

Libs believe and advocate MMT. Nothing in the realm of economics could be dumber than that. And if you have ever been engaged in the world of economics you might conclude most experts are credentialed idiots. What I do recognize is Trump's spending approach isn't much different than Biden's. The distinction is who gets the "free" money. I'm pretty confident more inflation and debt are in our future. Going forward the dollar is going to buy less and less. It's all inevitable and the ultimate financial disaster cannot be avoided. It's just a case of when?

I have to admit none of this makes much sense to me. I don't think anyone cares much about Obama or Hillary at this point. Nobody posting here is sitting around with baited breath hanging on every word out of Trump's mouth. I certainly am not. My overall view of Trump is I'm willing to tolerate him because the alternative is much worse. If anything, he's lost the audience with his comments on the Epstein "files" rather than everyone adjusting their views to reconcile with his statements. Few to none buys his explanation. And you definitely lost me with the argument about abuse from elites. That is clearly a construct of the political left. The entire victim narrative is at the core of almost every progressive/liberal/far left belief. Its at the core of every argument, such as immigration enforcement with the "hating brown people" routine or with taxes and making the rich "pay their fair share". The system praying on the weak while the libs control most of the system. The progressive mind thinks of themselves as championing the downtrodden of the world while in reality its a big self-serving hustle. A big paradox and contradiction. At least up until January 2025 when they lost much of their power and watched helplessly as their apparatus and mechanisms of control were dismantled. Given all that they've committed to violent rhetoric and violent actions. A review of Epstein's history of sexual misconduct associated with minors and young women with a convictions and guilty pleas followed by slap on the wrist type sentencing and his documented associations with a lot of wealthy, powerful, celebrity types, and others complete with photo ops with young women made to do who knows what, puts out a lot of smoke that suggests there's a fire there. Most speculation centered around some intelligence community including the CIA, Mossad, MI6 running a blackmail operation.

The doctor did lie about the President's mental and physical wellness because its known that these cognitive conditions do not suddenly appear. The decline starts slowly and accelerates over time. Unless he's completely incompetent it would be impossible to miss and its almost 100% certain the doctor is competent. The question remains who told him to lie? Logically, the same people controlling the White House and stepping in to make decisions exclusively in the domain of the chief executive. What I don't understand is how you can take the 5th here. Taking the 5th is a Constitutional right when it comes to self-incrimination but its not valid for protecting somebody else. In this case, protecting the identity of those instructing the doctor to fabricate the President's health records. Why not just answer the question and get it over with because we will find out the answer.

Enrolled at Columbia as a Freshman starting this fall.

We all do. But the cover-up doesn't start and end with Trump. Looking back at Epstein's background and activities over the course of a several decades raises a lot of questions. Wikipedia has this all well documented, with links and footnotes. It leaves the reader to wonder who or what was bankrolling and protecting this guy? It all spans the time of several Presidential administrations. Many speculate CIA, Mossad, MI6. Conceivably, his activities would have been on the radar of these administrations and the DOJ and Federal law enforcement. But even when charged and convicted he got off easy. And returned to his activities. There's much more to it than Trump but I acknowledge his pledge to release the information followed by a sudden change of heart is troubling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein

Unless these new weapons are being carried and used by combat soldiers sent to the conflict by the US or European countries they won't do the Ukrainians much good other than to prolong the conflict. The key problem is manpower. This is a war of attrition and the math says the Russians can outlast Ukraine in that kind of conflict.

I suspect Bondi was told to be a team player and was coerced into taking a nothing to see here approach. The IC has a vested interest in keeping the contents of "the list" to themselves. Revealing the names puts lots of high profile pedos in jail but it also eliminates a lot of people currently in high places. That would end the ability of agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad to exert leverage through blackmail. My guess is Trump is not on the list. If he was Garland would have leaked that info or announced it publicly before the last election. I don't expect Trump's base is going to let this go. Most smell the BS. Many have criticized Trump. By burying this promise he risks losing the room and much of his ability to get things done. If currently loyal elected officials see this they'll abandon him too.

Immigrants are important to these smug pricks because without them they'd be cutting their own lawn and cleaning their own house.